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UH's Students Views on Vacations
Stonehenge - England
Photo by Pete
Medrano
Juliana Coutinho
Vacation time was a great opportunity for University of Houston students to relax at home, with no
wornes about homework or that noisy alarm clock. And even though they were not in the classroom, they
could still learn and add to their life experiences.
Will Foster, senior hotel and restaurant management major , spent every summer with his
grandparents in Pasadena, Calif. While there, he enjoyed his favorite cookies and lemonade made by his
grandmother and riding in the mountains with his grandfather. "It's a very beautiful scenery from the
mountains," Foster said.
Visiting another country was another great vacation experience, even if one didn't speak the
language. Psychology senior Babette Hughes went to the
Middle East, where she said "many different things can
happen. First of all, it is difficult to be taken seriously
because one looks so different, especially when you are a
really white girl who doesn't speak Arabic."
Hughes said she remembered being in Jordan with
another woman, entering a restaurant and finding that they
were the only women there. But that wasn't all that made
them uncomfortable -- they also didn't know how to order
anything. Nevertheless, Hughes ended up with "a plate of
fries soaked in oil and I managed to figure out the bill even
though the numbers where written in the Arabic form," she said.
For Silvia Mezzoni-Guzman, a graduate hotel and restaurant management major, the experience was
less complicated. Last time she went on vacation, she visited Trinidad, a small Caribbean island in South
America. While there, Trinidad's Carnival parties were in full swing. Mezzoni-Guzman said it was the
greatest vacation she ever took.
"The huge and colorful King and Queen costumes were astonishing. They were about 30 feet tall
and 18 feet wide," Mezzoni-Guzman said. On the last day of the four-day holiday, everyone wore costumes
and danced in the streets. "It was a wonderful time. Carnival in Trinidad is more than a simple show or
party. It is the biggest show on Earth."
However, students didn't need to go to a different place every vacation to have a good time. Emma
Torgersen, junior radio and television major, said she went to her home country of Norway each year. "I
appreciate the beauty of the country more and more every time," Torgersen said. She added that what she
also loves about the country is that during summer there, it is always daylight. "You go out to a party and
when you get out of the club it is still bright outside. It is so nice," Torgersen said
"I appreciate the
beauty of the country
more and more ever
time,**
Emma Torgerson
Amsterdam - Holland Photo by Pete Medrano
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